Cross-Cultural Validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale in Four Forms and Eighth Languages
Olatz Lopez-Fernandez
(1)
,
Mark Griffiths
(1)
,
Daria Kuss
(1)
,
Christopher Dawes
(1)
,
Halley Pontes
(1)
,
Lucy Justice
(1)
,
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf
(2)
,
Anja Bischof
(2)
,
Ann-Kathrin Gässler
(2)
,
Eva Suryani
,
Niko Männikkö
(3, 4)
,
Maria Kääriänen
(3, 5)
,
Lucia Romo
(6, 7)
,
Yannick Morvan
(8, 7)
,
Laurence Kern
(9)
,
Pierluigi Graziani
(10, 11)
,
Amélie Rousseau
(12, 13)
,
Julia Hormes
(14)
,
Adriano Schimmenti
(15)
,
Alessia Passanisi
(15)
,
Zsolt Demetrovics
(16, 17)
,
Orsolya Király
(16)
,
Bernadeta Lelonek-Kuleta
(18)
,
Joanna Chwaszcz
(18)
,
Magali Dufour
(19)
,
Javier Ponce Terashima
(20, 21)
,
Mariano Chóliz
(22)
,
Juan José Zacarés
(22)
,
Emilia Serra
(22)
,
Lucien Rochat
(23)
,
Daniele Zullino
(23, 24)
,
Sophia Achab
(23, 24)
,
Nils Inge Landrø
(25)
,
Joël Billieux
(26)
1
Nottingham Trent University
2 Universität zu Lübeck = University of Lübeck [Lübeck]
3 University of Oulu
4 Oulu University of Applied Sciences
5 Oulu University Hospital [Oulu]
6 CliPsyD - Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement
7 IPNP - U1266 Inserm - Paris Descartes - Institut de psychiatrie et neurosciences de Paris
8 IRT b-com - Institut de Recherche Technologique b-com
9 CeRSM - Centre de Recherche sur le Sport et le Mouvement
10 UNIMES - Université de Nîmes
11 LPS - Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
12 PSITEC - Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072
13 Université de Lille
14 University at Albany [SUNY]
15 Università degli Studi di Enna " KORE " = Kore University of Enna
16 ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University
17 UG - University of Gibraltar [Gibraltar]
18 KUL - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
19 UdeS - Université de Sherbrooke
20 UH Cleveland Medical Center - University Hospitals Case Medical Center
21 Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland]
22 UV - Universitat de València = University of Valencia
23 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
24 HUG - Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève = University Hospitals of Geneva
25 UiO - University of Oslo
26 uni.lu - Université du Luxembourg = University of Luxembourg = Universität Luxemburg
2 Universität zu Lübeck = University of Lübeck [Lübeck]
3 University of Oulu
4 Oulu University of Applied Sciences
5 Oulu University Hospital [Oulu]
6 CliPsyD - Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement
7 IPNP - U1266 Inserm - Paris Descartes - Institut de psychiatrie et neurosciences de Paris
8 IRT b-com - Institut de Recherche Technologique b-com
9 CeRSM - Centre de Recherche sur le Sport et le Mouvement
10 UNIMES - Université de Nîmes
11 LPS - Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale
12 PSITEC - Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition (PSITEC) - ULR 4072
13 Université de Lille
14 University at Albany [SUNY]
15 Università degli Studi di Enna " KORE " = Kore University of Enna
16 ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University
17 UG - University of Gibraltar [Gibraltar]
18 KUL - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
19 UdeS - Université de Sherbrooke
20 UH Cleveland Medical Center - University Hospitals Case Medical Center
21 Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland]
22 UV - Universitat de València = University of Valencia
23 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
24 HUG - Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève = University Hospitals of Geneva
25 UiO - University of Oslo
26 uni.lu - Université du Luxembourg = University of Luxembourg = Universität Luxemburg
Eva Suryani
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Lucia Romo
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Yannick Morvan
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Laurence Kern
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Pierluigi Graziani
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Amélie Rousseau
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
The 14-item Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) is one of the most frequently internationally adapted psychometric instruments developed to assess generalized problematic Internet use. Multiple adaptations of this instrument have led to versions in different languages (e.g., Arabic and French), and different numbers of items (e.g., from 5 to 16 items instead of the original 14). However, to date, the CIUS has never been simultaneously compared and validated in several languages and different versions. Consequently, the present study tested the psychometric properties of four CIUS versions (i.e., CIUS-14, CIUS-9, CIUS-7, and CIUS-5) across eight languages (i.e., German, French, English, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Hungarian) to (a) examine their psychometric properties, and (b) test their measurement invariance. These analyses also identified the optimal versions of the CIUS. The data were collected via online surveys administered to 4,226 voluntary participants from 15 countries, aged at least 18 years, and recruited from academic environments. All brief versions of the CIUS in all eight languages were validated. Dimensional, configural, and metric invariance were established across all languages for the CIUS-5, CIUS-7, and CIUS-9, but the CIUS-5 and CIUS-7 were slightly more suitable because their model fitted the ordinal estimate better, while for cross-comparisons, the CIUS-9 was slightly better. The brief versions of the CIUS are therefore reliable and structurally stable instruments that can be used for cross-cultural research across adult populations.